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New & Noteworthy: Apple sued; CoolPad; Tomb Raider; Olympus C-4040; Juno and Netzero merge; more

Pitney Bowes sues Apple and others over printing technology Flush with a victory over Hewlett Packard, Pitney Bowes is now suing Apple and seven other companies claiming patent infringement. The issue is over the concept of altering the size of dots to enhance print resolution. MacCentral has more.

CoolPad for iBook Road Tools has released versions of its Podium and Traveler laptop accessories in white to match the new iBook and complement the G4 Ti PowerBook.

Olympus announces 4 Megapixel Digital Camera The new C-4040 ZOOM offers a 4 Megapixel CCD, a super-bright F1.8 high-performance 3X zoom lens, plus … Read more

New & Noteworthy: Suitcase; Diablo; Apple Notebooks; More praise for iBook; more

Extensis Suitcase 10.0 is out. The new version can activate fonts automatically, select sets in the control strip without opening the application, track corrupt fonts, handle font conflicts, create empty suitcases, and more.

Blizzard Diablo II 1.08 is an update for the very popular real time action role playing game.

Apple notebooks take a wide turn in a new direction Andy Ihnatko uses his PowerBook to pick up girls in this review that (surprise!) concludes that Apple's new laptops are fantastic.

More praise for the new iBook Stephen H. Wildstrom writes in this BusinessWeek Online article: "… Read more

New & Noteworthy: Tekserve; UK iMac incentive; FreeHand demo; Asante Gigabit Enet switches; more

Behind the scenes at a Mac repair shop The New York Daily News has a great article about Tekserve, "a cross between the NASA command center and a country general store" where Manhattan's Mac owners take their troubled computers. And don't miss this look inside the shop via QuickTimeVR.

Apple iMac deal in UK Apple is offering its UK customers a deal on a new iMac: 6 months free of interest when you purchase a new iMac.

Macromedia FreeHand 10.0 now has a demo available for download.

Asante ships gigabit switches Asanté IntraCore™ 65120 Gigabit Ethernet switches … Read more

New & Noteworthy: Alsop on the Mac; Cube's end of life?; Epson cuts prices; MP3Pro on the horizon; more

My Old Flame: The Macintosh Veteran computer industry watcher Stewart Alsop writes of his return to the Mac in this Fortune piece. He writes: "I'm rethinking the Mac as a factor in computing. One simple reason: The Macintosh seems to work." He continues in the same article: "Windows, on the other hand, still doesn't seem to work. Now, of course, you can turn on a Windows PC and have it operate. But you can't do so without a guaranteed level of frustration, and your frustration will definitely increase the more you use the computer.&… Read more

New & Noteworthy: Free CD-RW drive with PowerBook G4s

Branimir Zlamalik writes from Canada: "I just bought a PowerBook G4. It came with a coupon for a free CD-RW drive. The offer is valid from today (June 15) until September 3, 2001." This confirms a MacUser UK story. Update: Apple now has a web page describing this promotion.

New & Noteworthy: Starry Night; Director's Cut; more

Starry Night Pro 3.1.2 and Starry Night Backyard 3.1.2 are the latest updates to these astronomy/star chart programs.

Director’s Cut Miglia Technology Limited is shipping Miglia Director’s Cut, a PAL/NTSC analogue to digital video (and reverse) converter. Director’s Cut enables users of video editing applications (not included) to edit their analogue video archives together with their new digital video footage on their FireWire enabled computer to create their masterpiece.

How Does The GeForce3 Compare To The GeForce2 MX and Radeon? This barefeats.com article provides the answer.

Digital Toolbox closes shop … Read more

New & Noteworthy: DVIator video connector; OrangeLink; AOL and Microsoft clash over the 'net

DVIator for ADC ships The DVIator connector allows the use of Apple's ADC flat panel displays on any Mac with DVI video. Its manufacturer, Dr. Bott, has announced that it is now available.

OrangeLink USB 2.0/ FireWire Combo PCI Board ships Orange Micro is now shipping its high speed USB and FireWire combo card.

Microsoft and AOL duel for the Internet crown Alec Klein of the Washington Post takes a look at the clash of the titans as each vie for internet supremacy.

New & Noteworthy: Word Entourage; Flat screen advice; Macworld Export party list; 48 GB PB expansion drive; more

Microsoft to ship Word Entourage Special Edition Microsoft has announced that for a limited time this summer, the specially priced promotional offering for Microsoft Word Entourage 2001 SE will be available in English and French language versions. The English version is expected to reach stores in July and sell for $149 (U.S.).

Advice on selecting a flat panel display This CNET article on LCD screens states: "Apple's flat-panel displays, in many respects, set the standard for quality at a (relatively) reasonable price. Apple's $599 15-inch and $999 17-inch LCD models are some of the best flat-panel … Read more

New & Noteworthy: PowerMail; Smart Tags; Sony printer; Handspring trade-in; organizing downloads; more

PowerMail 3.0.9v2 is an email client with advanced indexing, filtering, and search capabilities. This update adds a new database rebuild mechanism for restoring databases which might have been damaged by bad disk errors, and under Mac OS X only, the help file can now be viewed from within the application itself and there is a French language version available. A number of bugs have also been fixed.

Microsoft Smart Tags Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal takes a look at a Windows XP feature that could impact the entire Web. Smart Tags can re-edit others' sites, and … Read more